Kate Garraway has revealed her husband Derek Draper's airport ordeal in which he was stuck between passport gates for an hour.
, 67, were speaking to Manchester bombing survivor Martin Hibbert on the degrading treatment of disabled people on Wednesday's show, when Kate recalled a shocking moment regarding her own husband.
Oh no: Kate told of the shock moment her Covid-stricken husband became trapped between the automatic ePassport gates after being unable to free himself, telling the show that he was essentially 'stuck in no man's land' She went on to say that Derek was unable to physically free himself from between the automated self-service barriers and was stuck for around an hour.
'Sir Elton John happened to have a friend who was in a coma in L.A. at the time when Derek first got sick with COVID, and through weird connections we ended up speaking,' she said. 'I had no idea whether we could do it even on the day. We got in there, Derek was amazing, we did take him out for a bit as it was a bit overwhelming.
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